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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Final Parts of Tax Levy Fall Into Place

Village adds debt service on new bond issue to total making effective levy 8.8 percent more than last year.

Pieces of the 2012 property tax levy for the Village and the Deerfield Public Library fell into place at Monday’s Board of Trustees meeting showing an 8.8 percent increase over the 2011 amount. After acting Finance Director Eric Burk made reductions in the levy requested by Mayor Harriet Rosenthal and the Trustees, the effective number was $9,207,296 after an additional $453,690 was added to pay principal and interest on $9.075 million in bonds sold Monday. Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more. Monday’s bond sale was the final piece of the tax levy puzzle which was first presented to the Board at a meeting of the Committee of the Whole Nov. 26. The Board unanimously passed the bond …

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Sharp Pencil May Ease Residents’ Tax Burden, Board Seeks Cut of Tax Levy Proposal, and Village Staff Finds Experts on Board

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5:13 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Its off topic but can the company responsible for the Single signs be fined for littering our community?   more ›

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Village Staff Finds Experts on Board

Deerfield Village Board gives staff members valuable insight to craft composting ordinance.

When the members of the Village’s administrative team needed some expert advice to draft a composting ordinance, they had to look no further than Trustees Tom Jester and Mary Oppenheim. Oppenheim and Jester gave those who had drafted the proposed law significant input at Monday’s meeting of the Village Board of Trustees so when the ordinance is put to a final vote it will cover good practices already in use. Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more. After hearing from Jester, Oppenheim and other Board members, Village Manager Kent Street promised to alter the proposal for the final reading of the new law next month. As proposed, the ordinance limits homeowners to one composting bin per …

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Deerbrook Project Hits Snag

Bringin' Down Briarwood

1:17 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

One more thing: I believe there is a new candidate running with "32 years of experience in the shopping center industry." Interesting. I don't know him or have any connection to him. Just interested in somebody with that type of background.   more ›

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